UID:
almahu_9949386646602882
Format:
1 online resource (225 pages)
ISBN:
1000294528
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9781003091882
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1003091881
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9781000294521
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9781000294620
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1000294625
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9781000294576
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1000294579
Series Statement:
Among the Victorians and Modernists
Content:
This book is the first major study that explores the intrinsic connection between music and myth, as Nietzsche conceived of it in The Birth of Tragedy (1872), in three great works of modern literature: Romain Rolland's Nobel Prize winning novel Jean-Christophe (1904-12), James Joyce's modernist epic Ulysses (1922), and Thomas Mann's late masterpiece Doctor Faustus (1947). Juxtaposing Nietzsche's conception of the Apollonian and Dionysian with narrative depictions of music and myth, Josh Torabi challenges the common view that the latter half of The Birth of Tragedy is of secondary importance to the first. Informed by a deep knowledge of Nietzsche's early aesthetics, the book goes on to offer a fresh and original perspective on Ulysses and Doctor Faustus, two world-famous novels that are rarely discussed together, and makes the case for the significance of Jean-Christophe, which has been unfairly neglected in the Anglophone world, despite Rolland's status as a major figure in twentieth-century intellectual and literary history. This unique study reveals new depths to the work of our most enduring writers and thinkers.
Note:
Prelude: Chasing the Ineffable 1. Schopenhauer, Wagner and Nietzsche: the Musicalization of Myth and the Mythologization of Music in The Birth of Tragedy Musico-Mythic Beginnings Schopenhauer's Metaphysics of Music in The World as Will and Representation Wagner: Musicalizing Nation and Myth in Beethoven Nietzsche's Aesthetic Models of Music and Myth in The Birth of Tragedy Towards a Nietzschean Configuration in the Modern Novel 2. Jean-Christophe: The Silent Music of the Soul The Genesis of Jean-Christophe A Born Musician: Jean-Christophe's Early Years The Roots of Artistic Creation: Jean-Christophe the Creator Music Fictionalized: Jean-Christophe's Compositions Divisions: Apollo, Dionysus and Franco-German Musico-Literary Relations in Jean-Christophe Jean-Christophe's Final Voyage: Improvisation, Italy and Late Music 3. Joyce's 'Gesamtkunstwerk': Performative Music and Mythic Method in Ulysses Approaching Music and Myth in Ulysses Stephen Dedalus-Dionysus: A Portrait of the Artist's Aesthetic Theory in "Proteus" From Apollo to Bloom: Resisting Songs in the "Sirens" And Behold: Leopold Could Not Live Without Stephen! The Apollonian and Dionysian, Side by Side in "Eumaeus" Home at Last: Stephen Speaks the Language of Bloom; and Bloom, Finally the Language of Stephen; and so the Highest Goal of Comedy and of Ulysses is Attained. Myth Updating in Ulysses 4. The Pact: Music and Myth in Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus Demonic Origins Mann and Myth Part I: Adrian Leverkühn's Education Kretzschmar's Lectures Part II: Why Adrian Leverkühn Writes Such Good Music The Early Works Apocalypse Now! The Great Lament: Adrian Leverkühn's Masterpiece and Faust's Redemption Reprise: Myth and Music as Motifs in the Modern Novel
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781000294620
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 0367550792
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780367550790
Language:
English
Keywords:
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History.
DOI:
10.4324/9781003091882
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003091882
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